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Landlord arrested for changing apartment locks and leaving tenants belongings outside
Landlord arrested for changing apartment locks and leaving tenants belongings outside

The landlord said that just wanted his tenant to leave the property and return the keys...

Migrants in Tenerife start hunger strike to allow them to travel to Spain
Migrants in Tenerife start hunger strike to allow them to travel to Spain

These 176 Senegalese migrants have been in a hotel in Puerto de La Cruz for almost three months and want answers as to why they can’t travel to the mainland to look for work...

Bars, restaurants and gyms can reopen interiors in Tenerife today
Bars, restaurants and gyms can reopen interiors in Tenerife today

On alert Level 2, bars and restaurants can use up to 50% of interiors and 75% of terraces from today...

Woman drowns in natural pool in Tenerife
Woman drowns in natural pool in Tenerife

Rescuers and paramedics tried to resuscitate her but she didn’t respond...

Covid update: 272 new cases and 4 deaths, 164 detected in Gran Canaria
Covid update: 272 new cases and 4 deaths, 164 detected in Gran Canaria

Lanzarote had 56 new cases yesterday and Tenerife only 31, showing the alert Level changes were correct...

Tenerife’s population growth is five times that of Gran Canaria
Tenerife’s population growth is five times that of Gran Canaria

European and South American immigration is the main reason for the population growth on the island… Italians, British, and Germans lead the list of the most new residents…

Man rescued by helicopter after falling on ice on Teide
Man rescued by helicopter after falling on ice on Teide

A rescue helicopter was needed due to where he fell, and the volume of traffic going up the mountain delaying emergency services...

CONFIRMED: Tenerife moves to Level 2, Gran Canaria to Level 3
CONFIRMED: Tenerife moves to Level 2, Gran Canaria to Level 3

The Canary Islands Government have confirmed this evening that Tenerife will be in Level 2 restrictions from Monday, and Gran Canaria joins Lanzarote on Level 3... See what restrictions will be implemented here...

Covid update: 261 new cases, 111 in Gran Canaria, 65 in Tenerife
Covid update: 261 new cases, 111 in Gran Canaria, 65 in Tenerife

The Governing Council will use this data from today, to confirm their decision of restriction level changes for Tenerife and Gran Canaria... full data here...

VIDEO: This weeks latest news round up from the Canarian Weekly
VIDEO: This weeks latest news round up from the Canarian Weekly

Here's Sam with this weeks latest news for the Canary Islands from the Canarian Weekly...

'Canarias 50' opens to start transferral of immigrants from hotels
'Canarias 50' opens to start transferral of immigrants from hotels

This is the second centre the state has opened and will house up to 1,320 people...

Tenerife and Gran Canaria will know their alert level changes today
Tenerife and Gran Canaria will know their alert level changes today

The Canary Islands Government will confirm their decisions at 7.00pm tonight after an extra Governing Council meeting...

Cloudy and rainy in the north, and a sunny Saturday in the South
Cloudy and rainy in the north, and a sunny Saturday in the South

Here is the weather forecast for today, Saturday, for all the islands...

Second prize winner of last night’s EuroMillions is in Los Cristianos
Second prize winner of last night’s EuroMillions is in Los Cristianos

It could be you! EuroMillions have confirmed that a winning ticket was bought in Los Cristianos...

Covid update: Data supports Governments decision for alert Level changes
Covid update: Data supports Governments decision for alert Level changes

There are 368 new cases today, with 4 Covid related deaths… Gran Canaria has most, Tenerife continues downward trend… full data here…

More than 30 hotels close in Tenerife due to lack of reservations
More than 30 hotels close in Tenerife due to lack of reservations

The president of Ashotel, Jorge Marichal, considers the winter season to be practically lost, even though we had put a lot of hope on it…

Los Cristianos port works are on schedule to be completed in March
Los Cristianos port works are on schedule to be completed in March

So far 645 of the 1,048 concrete blocks weighing 30 tons each have been installed to protect the breakwater from maritime storms…the largest crane in the Canary Islands is carrying out the work…

Banco Santander to close 221 branches 19 of them in the Canary Islands
Banco Santander to close 221 branches 19 of them in the Canary Islands

In all of Spain they are initially closing 221 branches in February and March which is first stage of closing more than a thousand branches in total, costing 3,572 jobs...

Outbreaks soar in the Canary Islands: 170 new ones in the last week
Outbreaks soar in the Canary Islands: 170 new ones in the last week

The ‘Christmas effect’ is being seen in the number of outbreaks... the vast majority (141) are from families meeting and social gatherings among non-cohabitants...

Government makes Tenerife and Gran Canaria wait 48 hours
Government makes Tenerife and Gran Canaria wait 48 hours

The Minister of Health announced that the Government is postponing confirmation of Level changes for Tenerife and Gran Canaria until tomorrow...